Month: January 2009

States Need to be a Focus for Economic Recovery

Progressive States Network is one of the progressive organizations I support. This is a particularly good […]

Shaping Up (repost from Jan 12, 2005)

Potter at the wheel. From centering to finished pot, Form increases as options decrease; Softness goes […]

At the Threshold

1. The man who stands at a strange threshold, Should be cautious before he cross it, […]

Mandelbrot the Fractal Teddy

Oh, this is just too cute! Why don’t I think of these things? From Buttons for […]

Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction

Love the writing tips from Cory Doctorow (who blogs at Boing Boing). I once started a […]

Adorable

Isn’t this piglet squid the cutest little thing? Via the Telegraph via Pharyngula. The animal, named […]

World I used to Know

Woke up to the first song in my dreams — a man was singing it to […]

Complicated vs. Complex

babel, via “Cabinet of Wonders” delightfully complex post on Borges I can’t count how many times […]

Ordinary (repost from January 2005)

Sadly, these words are appropriate again this week…. but hopefully this latest conflict will ease up […]

Internalizing

Knowledge by Luis Cabrera People think they don’t have to learn, Because there is so much […]